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Monday, December 6, 2010

Commerce Clause - the 1938 View on Marijuana Regulation

This clip from the 1938 movie "Reefer Madness" shows the prevailing view of the time - that the Federal government had no power to regulate marijuana as "there is no interstate commerce in it." This clip can be used as a thoughtful introduction to Gonzales v. Raich.

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